(a.) Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
(a.) Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.
(a.) Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(2) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
(3) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(4) Noradrenaline (NA) was released from sympathetic nerve endings in the tissue by electrical stimulation of the mesenteric nerves or by the indirect sympathomimetic agent tyramine.
(5) The automatic half of both the motor which advances the trepan as well as the second motor which rotates the trepan is triggered by the sudden change in electrical resistance between the trepan and the patient's internal body fluid, at the final stage of penetration.
(6) All of the serotonergic antagonists studied had additional effects on the response of the coronary artery to electrical stimulation or to norepinephrine.
(7) Hyperosmolar buffer slightly increased the sensitivity and maximal response to methacholine as well as the cholinergic twitch to electric field stimulation.
(8) The electrical stimulation of the tail associated to a restraint condition of the rat produces a significant increase of immunoreactive DYN in cervical, thoracic and lumbar segments of spinal cord, therefore indicating a correlative, if not causal, relationship between the spinal dynorphinergic system and aversive stimuli.
(9) Electrical stimulation of afferent pathways at intensities just below threshold for eliciting action potentials resulted in a dramatic decrease in JSCP threshold.
(10) Average temperature changes observed were less than 1 degree C. The present study demonstrates that the electrically evoked response in mammalian brain can be altered by ultrasound in a non-thermal, non-cavitational mode, and that such effects are potentially reversible.
(11) Quantitative esophageal sensibility, therefore is concluded to be particularly suited to evaluation by electric stimulation.
(12) The new trabecular bone closely resembled that typically seen at electrically active implants.
(13) A second group was chronically implanted without electrical stimulation in one leg and implanted with cyclical electrical stimulation applied through the electrode in the other leg.
(14) The intermandibularis is probably present only in electric rays.
(15) Masking experiments are demonstrated for electrical frequency-modulated tone bursts from 1,000 to 10,000 cps and from 10,000 to 1,000 cps with superimposed clicks.
(16) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(17) It is suggested that intra-endothelial conduction of electrical signals from capillaries to the resistance vessels may be involved in the local regulation of blood flow in the intact heart.
(18) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
(19) Among the epileptic patients investigated by the stereotactic E. E. G. (Talairach) whose electrodes were introduced at or around the auditory cortex (Area 41, 42), the topography of the auditory responses by the electrical bipolar stimulation and that of the auditory evoked potential by the bilateral click sound stimulation were studied in relation to the ac--pc line (Talairach).
(20) It is suggested that contractile responses to electrical stimulation in isolated sheep urethral smooth muscle are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, mainly through release of noradrenaline stimulating postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptors.
Lossless
Definition:
(a.) Free from loss.
Example Sentences:
(1) The company said in September that it has been testing lossless streams, but does not believe the technology is ready to launch yet.
(2) Goldman noted that Deezer Elite customers “way over-index” with their interest in the classical and jazz genres; tend to have plenty of lossless-quality songs either bought or ripped from their CD collections; and often have more than one residence.
(3) The results support the hypothesis that the arterial bed can be well represented by a "lossless" branched transmission line, with impedances matched at each branch and terminated with resistances that give a reflection coefficient of 0.5.
(4) Jay Z to take on Apple and Spotify by buying streaming music services Read more Goldman admitted that in time, lossless may be a standard feature for streaming services.
(5) As well as thanking his Kickstarter investors, he appealed to musicians to sign up to his new project; the Pono player will be joined by a store selling lossless files of their work.
(6) Tidal’s roots lie in WiMP, the Aspiro-owned service that is a rival to Spotify in Scandinavia, and which has its own double-price WiMP HiFi tier offering lossless-quality streams.
(7) When urethral flow is treated as a lossless flow through an elastic tube, the relationship between the detrusor pressure and the urinary flow can be related to the elasticity of the flow-controlling zone of the urethra.
(8) French firm Qobuz also has a hi-fidelity streaming service available in eight European countries, and while Spotify does not currently offer a lossless option, its chief executive Daniel Ek hinted in December that it was mulling the idea .
(9) Tidal takes on Spotify with lossless-quality streaming music Read more Aspiro had posted a net loss of $5m for the last three months of 2014 and admitted that it could run out of money at some point this year.
(10) In an effort to clarify the wave phenomena that are operative under these conditions of excitation, a highly idealized model has been chosen wherein a lossless plate in vacuum is insonified by an internal oblique P-beam source.
(11) For this higher subscription fee, Tidal users have access to 25m tracks, about the same number as Spotify, but it also offers a lossless high-fidelity sound quality that its competitors don’t have, as well as HD music videos and music playlists curated by musicians such as Jay Z and Beyoncé .
(12) Deezer is far from alone in exploring lossless-quality streaming music.
(13) If we go for lossless, would we be able to deliver the same instant experience that Spotify gives?
(14) If that argument is reflected in royalty statements from Tidal other lossless services, it may help to win over some artists who’ve been sceptical about streaming.
(15) The figure includes 35,000 subscribers for its “lossless” HiFi-quality music service that is available in the UK under the Tidal brand.
(16) It aims to compete with streaming services such as Spotify, Pandora and Beats Music (recently acquired by Apple and yet to relaunch in full), offering lossless sound quality as well as exclusive video and audio content.
(17) Musician Neil Young recently launched PonoMusic – a music-playing device and online store focusing on lossless files.
(18) Still, Blu-ray and HD DVD players support uncompressed audio, Dolby Digital AC-3 and DTS, and they can support two lossless formats: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.
(19) The fundamental radial mode of a model thoracic cavity, which is a large rigid cylinder filled with lossless lung tissue, provides a good estimate of the observed low-frequency resonance.
(20) Tidal’s key selling point so far has been its “lossless” quality streams, for which the company charges a monthly subscription of £19.99 – double its rivals.